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Are The Phillies Trading Cliff Lee to Boston?

ESPN reports that the Boston Red Sox are making a push for, you know, the best player on the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phils, currently mired […]

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Lenny Dykstra Read His First Book While in Prison

This week, Lenny Dykstra did his first interview since being released from prison last month. It was on a sports “vodcast” on the “Jon Lovitz […]

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Phillie Phanatic Ties You-Know-Who For “Most Expensive” Mascot

Today, the Wall Street Journal ranks Major League Baseball’s most expensive mascots, according to how much they charge for private bookings. Clocking in at $600/hour […]

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WATCH: The Phanatic and Mr. Met Fight Cancer Together

C’mon. It’s kinda cute, don’t you think?

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Cliff Lee’s “Unimpressed” Face Is A Meme

The folks at Crossing Broad note that Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee didn’t appear, um, enthusiastic about being in last night’s All-Star Game. Naturally, he’s become […]

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In Baseball, Is Adderall the New Steroids?

University of Oklahoma right-handed pitching ace Jonathan Gray, one of the top three draft-eligible players in the country, made headlines last month when he tested […]

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Phillies Beer Vendor Will Hawk Suds at All-Star Game

Because he sells beer at Citizens Bank Park, it’s possible that Ted Schoening is actually having a better year than the Phillies are. In any […]

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Ex-Phillies Keep Getting Brain Cancer. Is There A Connection?

The Inquirer today takes on a story that until now had existed more in the realm of quiet conspiracy theorizing: The paper notes that ex-Phillies […]

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Dom Brown Looks Like a Bee Gee, Bryce Harper Does Not

Here’s what Dom Brown looks like all dressed up for the All-Star game media swarm. Sharp, like Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. Just behind him, […]

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The 2013 Phillies Are Contenders. Really.

With the All-Star break here and the sheer terror of another three hours or so of Chris Berman’s Annual Home Run Derby Yukfest bearing down […]

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A-Rod Playing for Trenton…in Reading…Tonight!

The minor league baseball stadiums of the greater-greater Philadelphia region has turned into a depressing showcase of elderly, injured New York Yankees. Last week it […]

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The Quasi-Definitive Ranking of Philly’s Sports Arenas

Stadium Journey, a publication of the utmost repute, has ranked Philadelphia’s top 19 sports venues. The Wells Fargo Center, which the publication previously ranked the sixth […]

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Former Phillie Is LA’s “Most-Wanted” Deadbeat Dad

Remember Danny Tartabull? AKA the worst contract in Phillies history? Danny Tartabull’s numbers as a Phillie: three games, seven at-bats, zero hits, $2 million and […]

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Derek Jeter’s Glorious Career As a Scranton Rail-Rider Has Ended

Derek Jeter, who’s been a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Rail Rider since last weekend, is officially bidding farewell to the Yankees Triple-A affiliate. He’s back in the Bronx […]

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Mitch Williams Makes Ass of Himself, Becomes Internet Meme

Yesterday, MLB Network commentator and loser-of-the-1993-World-Series Mitch Williams decided that the reason a pitcher got smacked in the head with a line drive last September […]